Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 11,563 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Congo stood at 11,563 ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Congo peaked at 11,566 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Congo 23rd out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,320 ha | +22.0% |
| 1981 | 7,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,806 ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 8,125 ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 8,100 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 8,700 ha | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 8,900 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 9,400 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 9,520 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 9,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 9,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 9,440 ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 9,647 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 9,061 ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 8,731 ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 9,209 ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 9,350 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 8,000 ha | -14.4% |
| 2003 | 7,800 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 8,200 ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 8,600 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 9,300 ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 9,800 ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 10,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 10,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 10,919 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 11,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 11,491 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 11,500 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 11,473 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 11,471 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 11,496 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 11,518 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 11,541 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 11,566 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 11,553 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 11,541 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 11,552 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 11,563 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,222 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,250 ha | 4,500 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,685 ha | 7,320 ha | 8,125 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,250 ha | 8,700 ha | 9,647 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,156 ha | 7,800 ha | 10,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,391 ha | 10,919 ha | 11,541 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,555 ha | 11,541 ha | 11,566 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 20 Nicaragua 16,229 ha compare
- 21 Panama 14,350 ha compare
- 22 Bangladesh 11,719 ha compare
- 24 Guatemala 10,507 ha compare
- 25 Sierra Leone 8,509 ha compare
- 26 Equatorial Guinea 8,069 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Congo?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Congo was 11,563 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 11,566 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 23rd out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.